News from January 20. The NBA fined Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) $10,000 for kicking a chair that was in the stands. Eric Gordon (NO) underwent surgery on his fractured right ring finger and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Atlanta activated Lamar Patterson and placed Justin Holiday on IL. Dallas activated Salah Mejri and John Jenkins and placed Dirk Nowitzki (right knee fusion) and Raymond Felton (left eye injury) on IL. Miami activated Jarnell Stokes and placed Chris Andersen on IL. Minnesota activated Nikola Pekovic and placed Kevin Garnett (rest) on IL. Dal 106, Min 94 OT at Dal Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 30 points including 13-20 FG and 8 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Dal) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 27 points including 12-19 FG, 17 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Dal out-scored Min 17-5 in overtime. Dal shot 17-22 FT and Min shot 9-11 FT. Atl 104, Por 98 at Por Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 28 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points including 8-22 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Atl shot 16-23 FT and Por shot 7-11 FT. Sac 112, LAL 93 at LAL DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 36 points on 13-22 FG and 10-12 FT and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 11 points and 17 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 blocks. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 5 assists. Brandon Bass (LAL) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Sac shot 48.3% (43-89) FG and LAL shot 35.6% (32-90) FG. OKC 109, Cha 95 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points including 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 8 rebounds, 15 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 12 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 21 points. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Det 123, Hou 114 at Hou Marcus Morris (Det) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 22 points and 3 steals. Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points including 13-36 FT and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 12-12 FT, 17 rebounds, 14 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ty Lawson (Hou) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Det shot 35-59 FT and Hou shot 16-18 FT. Patrick Beverley (Hou, sprained left ankle) did not play. GS 125, Chi 94 at Chi Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 point, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 19 points. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 23 points including 9-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 29 points. GS shot 52.6% (50-95) FG and Chi shot 37% (37-100) FG. Kirk Hinrich (Chi, left quad contusion) did not play. Tor 115, Bos 109 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 19 points including 9-9 FG and 12 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 34 points and 6 assists. Luis Scola (Tor) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 19 points including 9-14 FG. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 21 points and 10 assists. NY 118, Uta 111 OT at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 30 points including 13-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Robin Lopez (NY) had 22 points on 11-14 FG, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Derrick Williams (NY) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 27 points including 10-10 FT and 5 assists. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 29 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Lance Thomas (NY, sore left knee) and Derrick Favors (Uta, lower back soreness) did not play. Cle 91, Bro 78 at Bro LeBron James (Cle) had 17 points and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 17 points and 18 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Cle shot 14-20 FT and Bro shot 4-8 FT. Was 106, Mia 87 at Was John Wall (Was) had 18 point and 10 assists. Nene (Was) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 15 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points. Luol Deng (Mia) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Otto Porter (Was, sore right hip), Beno Udrih (Mia, strained neck), and Dwyane Wade (Mia, sore shoulder) did not play. Phi 96, Orl 87 at Orl Johlil Okafor (Phi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Ish Smith (Phi) had 13 points and 11 assists. Hollis Thompson (Phi) had 17 points on 7-10 FG. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. 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